Meaning of Rhythm | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
   countable, uncountable
2. A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
   countable, uncountable
3. A flow, repetition or regularity.
   countable, uncountable
4. The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
   countable, uncountable
5. The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.
   countable, uncountable
6. A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.
   countable, uncountable
7. Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.
   countable, uncountable
8. A person's natural feeling for rhythm.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Dance to the rhythm of the music.”

“Hicks is both thwarter and thwartee of Daedalean plots. Aboard a train, the rhythm of the wheels sounds to him like "wottachump, wottachump, wottachump."”

“Most dances have a rhythm as distinctive as the Iambic verse in poetry”

“Once you get the rhythm of it, the job will become easy.”

“We walked with a quick, even rhythm.”

“If you hum or whistle the rhythm of the common English metres,— of the decasyllabic quatrain, or the octosyllabic with alternate sexisyllabic, or other rhythms, […]”

“Bigeminous rhythm was followed by bursts of extrasystoles.”

“The Baroque term basso continuo is virtually equivalent to rhythm”

“The rhythm of the seasons dominates agriculture as well as wildlife”

“The running gag is a popular rhythm in motion pictures and theater comedy”

“That girl's got rhythm, watch her dance!”

“I'm never gonna dance again / Guilty feet have got no rhythm”

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